Risk Governance & Oversight: Bringing Impactful Risk Insights to the C-Suite and Board

Craig is presently a Senior Director of Goldman Sachs, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Bank of Montreal and McDermott International and is the chair of the Board Risk Committee for both of those institutions. He is also a senior advisor to Credit Benchmark and Fraud.Net.

Craig originally joined Goldman Sachs in 1985 and moved to London in 1986 as part of the firm’s expansion into Europe as their financial systems deregulated. He remained in London for 13 years, ultimately heading the European Credit group. Craig returned to NY in 1999 as the firm’s Chief Credit Officer, and subsequently took on responsibility for overseeing market, operational, model and independent liquidity risk, as well as insurance. Craig was appointed CRO in 2008, and in this capacity helped to manage the firm through the Global Financial Crisis. As part of the firm’s subsequent restructuring into a bank holding company, he was involved in overseeing a substantial development of risk systems as well as supporting the increase in regulatory scope including the roll-out of CCAR and Dodd-Frank. In his time as CRO, Craig was Chair or Co-Chair of the Firmwide Risk and Enterprise Risk committees, and participated in various capacities on the firm’s Suitability, Capital and Investment committees.

Craig began his career as a lending officer at the Chase Manhattan Bank which he joined in 1981. He holds a BA in Economics from the College of William and Mary and is active with his alma mater including serving for nine years as a Trustee of the William and Mary Foundation, and was Chair of its Investment Committee. Craig is a member of several risk-related industry associations, including serving on the board of the Global Risk Institute and on the Advisory Committee of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers.

He is a board member of StreetSquash, a NY-based urban youth enrichment program, and Finance Requires Effective Education (FREE) which provides financial skills to underserved communities.

Ron Cathcart is a nationally recognized expert in Enterprise Risk with an accomplished record in banking and supervision in the financial services industry. Leveraging a range of corporate, government, and entrepreneurial experience in the US and abroad, including five years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Ron positions organizations for long-term success through good governance, growth-focused fiscal policies, effective risk management frameworks, and impactful executive leadership.

As a strategic advisor, Ron guides senior leaders at large, multi-national firms and regional banks in setting and implementing the strategies that drive goal-aligned progress. With a career spanning multiple C-suite roles at top global financial institutions, function head at the New York Fed, and most recently, Partner of the Risk Practice at Promontory Financial Group, Ron brings a trusted expert perspective to affect foundational business practices and policies.

Ron leads with steadfast commitment to integrity, ethical governance, and transparency. Throughout his career, he has faced organizational challenges and high-profile conflicts with probity. Most notably, Ron provided extensive testimony before the US Senate as a key government witness in its investigation into the 2008 financial crisis and management activities at Washington Mutual. Because of his work, Ron was appointed first as Head of Credit and then Head of Enterprise Risk Supervision at the New York Fed, where he led 260 supervisors in overseeing 15 systemically important financial institutions. Joining Promontory Financial Group, Ron directed the Risk Practice that provided strategic advisory services to financial services firms around the world. He advised CEOs and executive teams as a thought leader on global capital markets, enterprise risk management, financial risk, banking, financial services, governance, audit, and regulatory compliance.

Ron brings a growth mindset to shape an organization for the future. He is passionate about mentoring young professionals and helping leaders hone their skills to achieve their goals. Ron has extensive experience on the Board and Finance, Audit, and Governance Committees of several community and non-profit organizations. He also sits on the Board of Natixis Bank S.A. as Vice Chair of the US Board Risk Committee, and sat on the Board and Risk Management Committee at Juniper Bank.

Ron holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, where he was selected as a Foreign Service Scholar for the Canadian Embassy in Australia, as well as a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.

Jonathan is the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of the Americas for Deutsche Bank which includes oversight for Credit, Market, Operational, Model, Liquidity and Enterprise Risk. He is a member of the Group CRO Leadership forum as well as the Americas Regional Leadership forum and serves as the Chair of the U.S. Management Risk Council, Americas Reputational Risk Committee, and U.S. Liquidity Risk Council. Additionally, Jonathan is the Americas senior sponsor for the Black Leadership Forum (BLF) employee resource group.

Jonathan joined Deutsche Bank in 2004. He has held various senior roles in Credit Risk Management including global oversight of Financial Institution and Hedge Fund Portfolios. Additionally, he has held cross risk roles including Global Head of Risk for FX, Rates and Institutional Clients Group overseeing Market, Credit, Liquidity and Non-Financial Risk. Prior to working at Deutsche Bank, Jonathan was at Goldman Sachs where he worked in Credit Risk and Legal.

Jonathan has held leadership roles in a number of industry organizations. He is the former Chairperson of the Capital Markets Credit Analysts Society from 2008-2011. He is currently the Co-Vice Chair of the Institute of International Bankers’ (IIB) Board of Directors as well as a member of the IIB Executive Committee, and also sits on the Board of Governors for the Risk Management Association (RMA) of New York. Additionally, Jonathan serves on the Board for the Leviticus Fund, a charity which focuses on affordable housing and community development projects to underserved communities in the tri-state area. He has been a speaker on a number of industry panels and a guest lecturer at the London School of Economics and Fordham University. Jonathan attended Dartmouth College where he graduated with honors. 

Mark Sexton is a financial services professional with 30 years of experience in sales & trading, regulatory compliance, and management consulting roles. He partners with Board, C-suite, and senior business leaders to solve risk management and regulatory compliance issues and support complex strategic growth and transformation initiatives.

Before joining FTI he worked for 9 years as a Partner/Managing Director in the Promontory business unit of IBM Consulting's U.S. Advisory Practice. Mark advised clients on the design and implementation of governance, risk management and regulatory compliance programs. Work included the development of joint advisory/technology solutions for the largest domestic and foreign financial institutions in the U.S. in close collaboration with his IBM colleagues. In previous management consulting roles Mark helped clients address new regulatory requirements in the areas of enterprise risk management, model governance & validation, resolution planning, and swap dealer compliance.

Prior to working as a management consultant Mark worked in Bank Supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York conducting capital markets and risk management examinations at large domestic and foreign banks. Examinations included target exams of Fixed Income, FX, and Commodity trading desks as well as horizontal reviews of stress testing and market risk management practices. 

He spent the first 12 years of his career in sales & trading positions at JP Morgan and Citibank. He worked in derivatives structuring and portfolio management roles in energy, precious metals, and base metals. He later worked at a large foreign bank’s commodity futures broker building a business in exchange-traded environmental derivatives.